Russian Farmer Fined for Shooting at Drone Has Penalty Overturned

Kathmandu— Nikolay Mukhin, a 66-year-old farmer in Russia’s Volgograd Region, was initially fined 40,000 rubles (approximately $480) for discharging a firearm in an unauthorized place after attempting to shoot down what he believed to be a Ukrainian drone with his shotgun in early July. The incident occurred when Mukhin awoke to the sound of drones […]